Rent Bill Brand: Series (1976)
3.8 of 5 from 48 ratings
9h 10min
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- Synopsis:
Set in the mid-1970's and reflecting the complexities of that turbulent decade, 'Bill Brand' stars Jack Shepherd as a newly elected left-of-centre Labour MP who struggles to reconcile socialist principles with the realpolitik of Westminster. This groundbreaking and unashamedly intelligent drama series is penned by Oscar-nominated dramatist Trevor Griffiths, and earned a BAFTA nomination for Jack Shepherd. A by-election in the solidly working-class constituency of Leighley sees Bill Brand, a former lecturer, elected to Parliament by a slim majority. Driven by a determination to improve the lives of his textile-worker constituents, he finds his ideas of representation are provocatively different from those of the whips; and in a world of oblique negotiations and hidden bargains - the uncomfortable realities of a minority government - Brand's fundamental belief in the Party is assailed by doubts, while his troubled personal life further endangers his tenuous political career. - Actors:
- Jack Shepherd, Allan Surtees, Lynn Farleigh, Rosemary Martin, Douglas Campbell, Cherie Lunghi, Karen Silver, Alan Badel, William Hoyland, Peter Howell, Philip Cox, Peter Copley, Richard Butler, Dave Hill, Gary Roberts, Geoffrey Palmer, James Giles, James Garbutt, John Barrett, Colin Jeavons
- Directors:
- Roland Joffé, Stuart Burge, Michael Lindsay-Hogg
- Producers:
- Stuart Burge
- Creators:
- Trevor Griffiths
- Writers:
- Trevor Griffiths
- Studio:
- Network
- Genres:
- British TV, TV Classics, TV Dramas, TV Political
- Collections:
- inema Paradiso's 2023 Centenary Club: Part 2
